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Birth
Deportation - Exemption From Deportation
Emigration
Labor
Repatriates
Abuse
Antisemitism Before the War
Badge of Shame
Children
"aktions" in the Ghettos
Escape From the Ghettos
Escape to Forests
Forced Labor
Confiscation of Jewish Property
Escape From Deportation
False Identity
Forged Documents
Assistance to Jews By Jews
Hiding Place
Liquidation of a Ghetto
Death Marches
Deportation Trains
Diseases
Edicts
Camps
Camps - Interaction Between the Inmates
Typhus
Attitude Towards Jews - Hungary and the Hungarian Population
Deportation to the Ghettos
Family Relations
Gendarmerie, Hungarian
Adoption
Aliya Bet
Assistance and Rescue
Anti-Jewish Legislation
Attitude Toward Jews - German Population
Attitude Towards the Jews - Romanian Population